Software Delivery Lead

Title:

Software Delivery Lead

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KBR is seeking an experienced Software Delivery Lead to support the MSEIT contract at Space Systems Command (SSC). This role is responsible for actively coordinating software deliveries and operational acceptance activities across Agile development teams, operational stakeholders, and mission organizations supporting U.S. Space Force capabilities.

The Software Delivery Lead serves as a hands-on execution and coordination lead focused on getting software capabilities operationally accepted and delivered into mission environments. The role requires close daily interaction with development teams, OA authorities, cyber organizations, operational users, and government leadership to ensure releases remain aligned, executable, and synchronized across the program.

The environment includes multiple heterogeneous development, integration, and operational ecosystems with differing deployment constraints, operational requirements, and acceptance timelines. The role requires balancing those constraints while maximizing delivery throughput and operational effectiveness across the program.

This position also helps inform the ongoing evolution of operational acceptance processes as the program transitions from large, infrequent OA drops toward more continuous integration and deployment approaches. However, the primary focus is software delivery execution, release coordination, and operational synchronization rather than process ownership alone.

Responsibilities

Delivery Leadership: Actively coordinate and manage software delivery activities across development, cyber, operations, infrastructure, integration, and DevSecOps teams to support successful operational releases.

OA Coordination: Serve as a primary interface for operational acceptance coordination with CFC (formerly SpOC), OA representatives, mission operators, and related stakeholders.

Agile Delivery Execution: Work directly with Agile development teams to track delivery readiness, operational dependencies, blockers, and release timelines.

Multi-Environment Coordination: Coordinate software deliveries across heterogeneous development and operational environments, balancing differing operational constraints, security requirements, deployment timelines, and mission priorities.

Throughput Optimization: Help maximize software delivery throughput by identifying bottlenecks, synchronizing dependencies, and improving coordination across environments and stakeholder groups.

Release Management: Coordinate operational integration events, release synchronization activities, demonstrations, deployment readiness efforts, and production delivery activities across multiple organizations.

Stakeholder Management: Maintain active communication and alignment among SSC, operational users, cyber teams, developers, integrators, and mission partners.

Issue Resolution & Coordination: Identify and drive resolution of delivery, operational, integration, or stakeholder issues impacting release execution.

Delivery Tracking & Reporting: Develop and maintain schedules, readiness dashboards, Jira workflows, status charts, and operational tracking products used by leadership and stakeholders.

Cross-Team Synchronization: Facilitate daily coordination among engineering, DevSecOps, SE&I, cyber, and operational teams to ensure releases remain executable and mission aligned.

Agile & OA Alignment: Help development teams navigate and align Agile delivery practices with operational acceptance requirements and mission assurance expectations.

Delivery Workflow Improvement: Identify practical opportunities to streamline operational delivery and release coordination activities in support of more continuous delivery approaches.

Why Join Us?

Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.

Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Work Environment:

Location: On-site (some work from home flexibility allowed with on-site support as required)

Travel Requirements: None

Working Hours: Standard

Required Qualifications:

Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related field

8+ years of experience supporting software delivery, operational integration, mission operations, release management, or systems delivery activities within DoD environments

Demonstrated experience actively coordinating software releases, operational deployments, or mission delivery activities across multiple technical and stakeholder organizations

Strong understanding of operational acceptance (OA) processes and operational mission assurance activities

Experience working directly with operational stakeholders such as CFC, SpOC, SSC, or related mission organizations

Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies and iterative delivery environments

Strong organizational, execution-focused coordination, and stakeholder management skills

Experience using Jira and related collaboration or workflow tools to manage delivery tracking and operational coordination

Experience developing schedules, readiness dashboards, status reporting products, and operational tracking artifacts

Proficient in Microsoft Office products, such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Possess strong oral and written communication and presentation skills, with demonstrated ability to interface across government, contractor, technical, and operational communities

Desired:

Active Secret or higher clearance

Master’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related field

Experience supporting transition from traditional release cycles toward CI/CD-oriented software delivery approaches

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated deployment workflows, or DevSecOps delivery models

Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and modern software delivery environments

Experience supporting SATCOM, mission systems, or operational C2 environments

Familiarity with Scrum of Scrums, Program Increment (PI) planning, or Agile release synchronization activities

Understanding of operational risk management and deployment readiness processes

Experience coordinating across cyber, software, infrastructure, and operational organizations simultaneously

Familiarity with collaboration ecosystems such as MS Teams, Slack, Mattermost, Confluence, or similar platforms

Experience operating in fast-paced software delivery or software factory environments

Familiarity with cATO concepts or continuous operational validation approaches

Experience supporting software delivery within Kubernetes-based or cloud-native environments

Experience supporting hybrid government/contractor software delivery environments

Exposure to automated testing, release gating, or deployment validation approaches

Familiarity with AI-enabled mission systems or modern mission platform architectures

Program management or systems engineering certifications, such as PMP, INCOSE CSEP or ESEP

Basic Compensation: $136,200 to $170,200 in El Segundo, CA and $124,400 to $155,400 in Colorado Springs, CO

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Ready to Make a Difference? If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.